I wrote this article casually as the idea popped into my head during a very casual talk with a former college mate of mine.

No, this article does not mean that I am unemployed and in desperate need of a job. The title simply tries to convey the question of: “who in society really needs an architect’s services?” Some of you might answer “high-paying clients, of course!”, others might be less picky and accept any job opportunity that comes along.

Anyone familiar with Surabaya will definitely know Dolly, a red-light district, which, some people have mentioned to be one of South Asia’s largest. The fact that Dolly is a big thing certainly means that it has great potentials especially in contributing to regional income. Not only that, other businesses (non-sex-oriented) flourish in the area as a result of Dolly’s magnetic potentials. However, behind all its fame, Dolly also causes a degree of uneasiness to residents who live in the vicinity by spawning excess activities such as crime and drug abuse.

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There are so many sayings about roads; “There are many roads that lead to Rome“, “Path of life” are just a couple of examples. I’m not going to go into details about the real definition of the word road as I’m sure that people have pretty much the same definition in their minds. But the roads that I’ll be discussing about here are the roads that are labeled made in Indonesia. That’s right, I’m gonna talk about Indonesian roads in general.

Among all touristy places in Europe, my all time favorite would be Venezia. Each time I went there, there were always something I miss out from the last time I was there. May be it was the air that filled with salt or the sound of water from the canals or the gushing winds that blew when we passed on the water, but most certainly it was the architectural sights. Not many cities were built on water that has the high vista quality as my beautiful Venezia.

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When thinking about an impact of a place that is of a city scale, with many functions and means of usage, we think about an urban space. Particularly in this 2000 year-old city; Bonn, there is the need of the whole urban scale to congregate at one point and through tradition; Germans have been used to using Marktplatz as an urban space even for political reasons.

The lay out of the square is quite similar in any German town, in front of the old Rathaus (City Hall), an opening of square …